Of all the types of apparition you might see, the ghost of a lost child must surely rate as one of the most poignant. It is the variety most likely to bring forth a sympathetic reaction rather than a fearful response in the eyewitness, and collectively on the part of any audience told of one.
The enthusiastic reaction to a ghostly image interpreted as the ‘side profile of a little girl’ when released in April 2021 suggests a strong emotional appeal and resonance inherent in reports of spectral children. Obtained at a reputedly haunted house in Savannah in Georgia, USA, and posted on TikTok by Kalani Smith, 24, a ghost hunter from Nashville, Tennessee, by the middle of January 2023 it had garnered some 12.8 million views.
Smith states his image was captured in the house where the horror movie A Savannah Haunting was filmed back in 2021. For decades the house has allegedly been haunted by the ghost of a little girl who supposedly died inside, the property being previously owned by the family of the film’s director William Mark McCullough. In A Savannah Haunting, a grief-stricken mother and family move into the house following the death of a daughter by drowning. Once inside their new home they are troubled by eerie incidents leading them to believe their daughter’s spirit has followed them. Though McCullough never lived there himself, he confirms that sometimes when visiting he experienced “creepy” occurrences.
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